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A 45-year-old woman has been remanded by the Chief Magistrate’s court in Mitooma district, western Uganda, over allegations that she forced her eight-year-old stepson to swallow sewing needles and several fragments of broken glass. Juliet Tushabeomwe appeared before grade one magistrate Gibson Muhangi on Thursday and was charged with aggravated torture and attempted murder. State prosecutor Caroline Kesubi told court …

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